of the determination of my beloved sister. Izuin Zulsyamin

one day before i went back to hometown, Mein had a merentas desa (cross-country) day. we, being her fully supportive family, at first ignored her merentas desa, cus it's like very normal because kami anak beranak memang suka aktifkan diri in ko-kurikulum. but then, bila kami nak keluar pegi kedai in d morning (as usual) mama was like 'eh jom carik syamin, ntah ntah dia dah start merentas desa'.

so we went to her skool (which is belakang umah mama je pun) and found out diorang dah berlepas... so we followed their trail, one by one muka student kami belek, muka dia tak muncul2. i told papa 'laju sket la pa, dia sure depan2 punya' and papa pun carikla jauh sikit, true enuff, she was farrrrrrrrrrr ahead evey other girls, she's among d boys, meanings dat she's in d first position for girls, we were like screaming to her 'meinnnnnnnnnn lari meinnnnnn' muka dia dah merah padam dah, and when she saw us she was like 'haaa korang ke...!!!' and burst into tears... and she gave us a flying kiss and screamed 'thank youuuu'. whoa, it was totally an emotional time for uslah... semua nangis, dengan papa papa sekali nangis, azamuddin pun naik terharu kot (for d record, masa tu hal sekolah azamuddin belum settle), and we followed her for a while but mama kata 'eh nanti disqualified pulak cekgu dia ingat kita bawak dia' so we screamed at her dat to keep it up and we'll wait kat depan, near her school where she'll finish d run.

we waited for her at d bus stop near alamanda, except for mama, who went to join her teachers. while waiting for mein we cheered for every rumah kuning boys who passed us he he (mein umah kuning). then suddenly we saw mama and mein running together, i was like 'amboi orang tua nih, berlari lak dia karang semput baru tau' and mein, tho clearly looked exhausted kept on running with her mom supporting her, and then we left her after she entered the gates of her skool, after we knew, she got d first prize...

I'm so proud of her. i wasn't as determined as she is, now she's training for peringkat daerah, and she also has yellow 2 belt of tae kwan do.

but i jest found out from mom yesterday, dat d day i left for sandakan, mein fell in the toilet in McDonalds, my mom was worried dat she had been gone for too long and went looking for her in d toilet. mom found her on d floor shivering. mom n dad had to carry her out from d toilet and brought her to d clinic and got an injection and had to stay there for about an hour. doctor's diagnose was every single muscle of her body was in tense, and she's also having very heavy menses. i scolded her through d fon for not telling me about d whole thing when i called from abroad to ask bout my cats, she answered me 'aiyo kakja, it's nuthing, i jest fell in d toilet, dat's all'.

well Mein, u're definitely the strongest of us 3. i hope u haf d best of life, and a journey full of achievements ahead. i luv u, Mein..

...Mama, Ateem and Mein...